Wednesday, September 30, 2015

THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR

GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn

Today’s Hatboro Dog Club show in Wrightstown PA was the
opener of what promises to be the most competitive week of the season.Over 2100 dogs gathered to on a Wednesday to
vie for a piece of the year’s biggest pie.Today’s all breed show was just a warm up for tomorrow’s celebration of
the grand old days of dog shows, the Morris and Essex Kennel Club show.

GCH CH Iacta Alea Est de la Bete

(photo by Blake Hamman)

Most of the Top Ten Dogs All Breeds are in the area for the
once in every five years gathering.However only two of them made it to judge Kenneth Kauffman’s final, the
Nation’s Number One Dog, the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has
It v Kenlyn, and the Number Four Dog, the Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Field’s
Shameless.Rounding out the seven were
the Weimaraner, GCH CH Doc's Greyborn North Star of Acadia, the Akita, GCH CH
CR-Wicca’s Trade Secret, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh
Wolverine, the Italian Greyhound, GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann, and the French
Bulldog, GCH CH Iacta Alea Est de la Bete.

Grabbing the top prize was the Number One Dog, the GSD,
Rumor.Coming in second was the Frenchie,
Rubi.Tomorrow’s homage to the sport’s golden era
has drawn over 4,000 dogs and promises to showcase the sport’s most glamorous
dogs handled by the sport’s most glamorous people.We will be here to tell you all about it.

NUMBER EIGHT

NUMBER NINE

NUMBER TEN

SHOW INFO

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The author has been attending dog shows as a spectator and exhibitor for over 45 years. He is a retired management consultant who has advised multiple organizations affiliated with the AKC and the Cat Fanciers Association on business management, long range planning, customer service, and legislative matters. After 25 years of living in the big cities of New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, he now resides in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

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